Press release ARCHIVE - 2013

November 19, 2013

Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board Votes to Accept Youth's Climate Change Petition

November 13, 2013

Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case Gains Broad-Base Support

Social Justice, Human Rights and Conservation Organizations and Individuals Support Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case

November 12, 2013

Faith Groups Support Youth Appellants' Federal Climate Change Case

October 13, 2013

Five Young People in Washington D.C. Court to Force Government to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 25, 2013

Youth Plaintiffs' Hear Their Climate Change Lawsuit Argued Before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin

June 26, 2013

Youth Appeal Decision in Landmark Federal Constitutional Litigation Concerning Climate Change

June 25, 2013

New Mexico Judge to Decide Whether State has Violated its Public Trust Duty to Protect the Atmosphere

June 13, 2013

Kansas Teenager Pledges to Petition Department of Health and Environment for Climate Change Regulations After Court Tells Her to Go to Agency

Students Ask Massachusetts Government to "Do More" on Climate Change

June 10, 2013

Students Meet with Massachusetts DEP to Discuss Atmospheric Trust and Climate Action Plan

May 23, 2013

Youth Vow to Appeal Decision in Landmark Federal Litigation Concerning Climate Change

May 16, 2013

Pennsylvania Youth's Climate Change Lawsuit Moves Forward

May 9, 2013

A Global Legal Action on Behalf of the Youth and of Future Generations - Bantayan Island, Cebu, The Philippines)

May 9, 2013

Texas Supports Youth in Climate Change Lawsuit: Texas Legislator, Former TCEQ Commissioner, Legal Scholar, Texas League of Conservation Voters-EF, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Air Alliance, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition, Environment Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Drought Project, Planet H.E.A.L., and Texas Black Bass Unlimited filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in support of Texas youth.

Iowa Supreme Court Declines to Review Climate Case

April 13, 2013

On Earth Day Youth Fight for their Legal Right to a Healthy Atmosphere: Youth plaintiffs respond to TCEQ's request to throw out a texas court decision that the atmosphere is a public trust resource.

April 12, 2013

Dr. James Hansen commits his full support to youth seeking to protect the atmosphere in trust for future generations

April 2, 2013

Iowa teen takes climate lawsuit to the state's supreme court.

March 22, 2013

Nelson Kanuk and Other Alaskan Youth file Final Brief in Climate Case

March 15, 2013

Arizona Court of Appeals rules in climate case: Court rejects governor's argument that legislature can defeat the public trust, assumes without deciding that atmosphere is a public trust asset, and rules that the plaintiff did not assert adequate grounds for court action.

March 13, 2013

Iowa Court of Appeals Rules in Climate Case